What are the most basic requirements to tank visuals in a WW2 game?
A. Basic faction insignia
German tanks must have Balkenkreuz, American tanks must have white stars (Soviet tanks must not have red stars - those were mostly for parades).
And no they must not be sold for gold. They must be pre-rendered on all skins with fixed sizes and positions according to army regulations of the time, e.g.:
B. Basic color change according to the biome
Any and all Pz III must be dark yellow in Tunisia; grey/white in Moscow, Rzhev and Stalingrad; dark green/ambush in Normandy, Ardennes and Berlin.
These must work exactly like soldiers’ automatic clothing change, and any additionally purchased/unlocked colorway must only be applicable within the appropriate biome preset.
And no they must not be sold for gold.
C. Basic random turret numbers
Simple randomized turren numbers must be added to add life to generic looking tanks.
For example a German tank numbered 243 would mean 2nd company, 4th platoon, 3rd vehicle.
And no they must not be sold for gold.
D. More like wishful thinking – but Darkflow, different engines and cannons really need to have different sounds.
These are some things that games from early 2000s such as BF 1942 or CoD had.
Turret numbers randomisation should be activated by default in each match so that two Panthers parked next to each other are not both No.243.
Tank camo should cost appearance orders like soldiers or be unlocked with gameplay. Selling it for gold is insanely greedy.
The camos which people have bought should be reimbursed, and if bought again would only be available for the appropriate biome preset (e.g. no snow white IS-2 in Berlin).
There should be a “disable custom decals and decorators display” option added like in WT, WoT or BF, so that players aren’t forced to look at others’ fruits of imagination IF decals and decorators placement is unregulated as it is now.
Yes, this means an overdo of the entire vehicle customisation system but DF built a nonfunctional one to begin with.
@MajorMcDonalds this should be on the roadmap. The fact that vehicles customisation is this bad and not mentioned in plans is shocking.
